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(No'ModeL) W. WILLIAMS &1 C. W, MUNZ.

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IVARREN \VILLIAMS AND CHARLES WILLIAM MUN Z, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

EXTENSION-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,531, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed October 9, 1888. Serial No. 287,639. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WARREN WILLIAMS and CHARLES WILLIAM MUNZ, citizens of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of VV-ayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Extension-Tables, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in extension-tables; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction of the frame, whereby a receptacle is formed in the stationary part of the table onstoring the loose leaves when they are not wanted, and from which they may be readily withdrawn for use, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings which accompany this specification, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view upon the legs D, the twoparts' being con-- nected in the usual manner for extension by the extension-bars E, E, and E, arranged below the leaf of the table, and forming a part of the frame thereof, all as in the usual construction of extension-tables, except as hereinafter described.

To obtain the object of our improvement we form below the stationary part of the table the receptacle F of which the leaf of the stationary part of the table proper forms the top, and a corresponding board G forms the bottom and the sides Hof the table the sides thereof, thus leaving an opening in the receptacle toward the extension part of the table. The extension-bars E, E, and E", which ordinarily would extend underneath the stationary part of the table proper, we cut off on the incline I, and by means of the extension-piece G, secured underneath the receptacle, the bars are held in the required fixed These leaves we connect 'on the under side by means of a peculiarly-constructed hinge,

.one member K of which-is secured to one leaf and the other member L to the other leaf, the two members being joined by a link M, which is secured to one member and slides in a slot N, formed in the other member, the slot being sufficiently long to allow each two adjoining leaves to be separated some distance without becoming entirely disconnected. The storing of these leaves within the receptacle is now easily accomplished in the following manner.

To shorten the table from its full extension (shown in Fig. 2) to the restricted length, (shown in Fig. 3,) the leaf J is disengaged from the stationary part of the table and allowed to drop upon an incline I, and may then be pushed into the receptacle below the stationary part,.asth'e links M give the necessary play in the slotted port-ion X. Ordinarily the receptacle in the stationary part is only long enough to allow two leaves to be stored inthat manner. For storing more leaves we divide the receptacle into a lower and upper portion by a cleat 0, so that two leaves may be stored in the bottom of the receptacle and two in the top. For the easier operation of withdrawing the leaves into the receptacle, we so construct the hinge between the second and third leaves that they may be disconnected. By having the slot N open at the end and providing the link with a spring P, the tendency of which is to uplift the link, the parts will assume the relation shown in Fig. 3, and when it is attempted to place the leaf J in its respective compartment it will be prevented from dropping quite to the bottom of the compartment and be naturally guided into the proper compartment and be readily disengaged from the link when the leaf is pushed back. By the reverse operation of bringing this leaf again into the table it will naturally engage again with the link, holding it to its companion leaf, and thus the operation of taking the leaves in or out can be accomplished with little trouble.

From this description and operation of the parts the nature of our invention is apparent; and it consists- First, in forming a receptacle for the loose leaves in the stationary part of the table below the table-top. To this end that portion of the stationary extension bar E ordinarily extending underneath the stationary part of the table has to be cut on? to form a recepta cle sufficiently wide to admit the loose leaves. This is accomplished by the bar G.

Second, in the cutting oil? of the bar E at an incline which facilitates the easy storing and putting in place of the loose leaves.

Third, in dividing the compartment formed in the table into an upper and lower tier or more tiers, if need be.

By the construction of the hinge the parts can be stored without presenting any diflicnlty in being withdrawn from their receptaole, and by the specific construction of the hinge between the first and second pair of leaves, "or rather between the upper and lower tier of leaves, the parts can be readily deinched or connected when desired.

What we claim as our invention is- 1. In an extension tabl'e, the combination, with the stationary portion formed with arece'ptacle below its top and having a horizontal partition, and the extensions G, secured to said stationary portion below the mouth of the icceptacle, of the stationary extensionbars E, secured to the extensions G, with their ends adjacent to said receptacle inclined toward the month thereof, the movable portion of the table, and a series of hinged leaves connected at one end with said movable portion and connected together by lengthwise-extol: sible hinges consisting of links and hooks, one of said hinges bcin'g separable by ebdwise movement of the leaves, substantially as described.

2. In an extension-table, the combination,

i I i I i l with the stationary part of the "table having a compartment divided by a horizontal partition, of the movable part, a series of leaves carried by said movable part, and extensible link and hook hinges connecting said leaves, and a lengthwise extensible and separable hinge connecting two of said leaves, substantially as described.

3. In an extension-table, the combination, with the stationary part formed with a receptacle, as shown, said receptacle being divided into an upper and lower tier, of the extension-bar E, formed with incline I, extending toward the mouth of the receptacle, and a series of hinged leaves connected together by a long link and a hook between theleaves, whereby they are formed into an upper and lower tier in storing, substantially as described.

.4. In an extension-table, the combination, with a stationary part, of the receptacle F, formed therein, the dividing oleat O, dividing it intb an upper and lower tier, the stationary extension-burl), having an incline I, the connesting-bar G, securing the extensiombar to the stationary part of the table, the series of leaves, the extensible hinges connecting the seine, the separable and extensible hinges connecting the first and second tier of leaves and consisting of the members K and L, the member L having a slot N open at one end, the link M, and the spring P, the parts being constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In an extensi'omtable having a receptacle in one end thereof, the combination of a series of leaves detachably connected in the middle, and means, as the hook, link, and cheat, for storing the leaves in an upper and lower tier, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures, in presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of September, 1888.

\VARREN WILLIAMS. CHARLES WILLIAM MUNZ.

\Vitnesses:

P. M. IIULBERT, JoHN SCHUMAN. 

